Dick Clark Productions To Be Sold To Chinese Company For $1 Billion
Dalian Wanda Group will buy Dick Clark Productions for about $1 billion, giving it the broadcasting rights to the Golden Globe Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards and the New Year countdown celebrations in New York. (NYT)
After Success Of ‘Madea Halloween,’ Lionsgate Says Two More Tyler Perry Films On Horizon
After the box office success of Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween which has garnered about $56.4M after only two weeks in release, Lionsgate will be producing two more Perry Films. (DH)
Fox Solidifies Midseason Schedule
Michael De Luca, Jennifer Todd In Talks To Produce Oscars Ceremony
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may have found its producers for the upcoming Oscars. Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd are in talks to oversee the 89th annual awards ceremony. (EW)
Tom Clancy’s ‘Jack Ryan’ Casts ‘Limitless’ Actress Opposite John Krasinski
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan has found its leading lady: Abbie Cornish will play John Krasinski’s love interest in the upcoming Amazon series. (TVL)
Deadpool Creator’s ‘Avengelyne’ Getting A Movie Adaptation At Paramount
Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman will produce and potentially direct the Avengelyne solo movie. The studio, which paid upwards of six figures for the rights, will soon begin their search for a screenwriter and lead actress. (SR)
‘Workaholics’ To End With Season Seven
Courtney Love Joins Lifetime’s Shakespeare Anthology ‘A Midsummer’s Nightmare’
Courtney Love has been cast in Lifetime’s Shakespeare psychological thriller A Midsummer’s Nightmare. The hourlong pilot hails from A+E Studios. (VAR)
Trailer Buzz: ‘Wonder Woman’
After leaving her all-female island, Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) discovers her full powers and true destiny while fighting alongside soldiers during World War I. (YT)